Things that limit the performance of hardware acceleration

Suppose that you have an infinitely fast hardware accelerator, one thatcan compute something of interest in no time at all. What externalissues limit the total performance advantage that you can get by puttingthis hardware accelerator in a system?

I can think of the following limiters:

  • main memory speed limits , the latency andbandwidth limits of system RAM. This limits how fast you caninteract with system memory.

  • the speed limits of the underlying hardware that you're talking to,if you are. For example, hardware RAID

當明天有約會時

自四、五年前長時間用了不適合的護髮用品,再加上當空姐後經常紮髻,我的頭髮由掃把般厚變得異常稀薄。

為了拯救垂死的頭髮,上班時任由baby hair彈出來也不肯多用定型spray,過千元的洗髮水+護髮素,付錢時面不改容。

兩年前

別動

別動

準備為小兒換尿片的你對正躺着任你魚肉的小兒事先警告說:「別動!」

他動。

你除開他的衣服,再說:「別動!」

他動。

你換出舊尿片,穿上一片新尿片。

「別動!別動!別動!」

他動。他動。他動。

你一直叫他別動,他
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二刻拍案驚奇


跟《三槍拍案驚奇》沒有任何關係. 書是母親留下來的, 只有《 二刻拍案驚奇 》. 沒有《 初刻拍案驚奇 》. 台灣世界書局 於民國五十八年出版, 即1969年. 世界書局網站可以訂購《二刻拍案驚奇》, 但肯定不是這個版本.

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Merry Christmas!

Stained Glass - Nativity Window, Holy Family, Saint Cecilia Church

Merry Christmas! May you have a blessed day with your family, or with the Holy Family in your heart!


從吃人肉說起

朋友在 網誌上 談及吃人肉的問題,我早兩星期前貼的一篇 文章 裏介紹過的一本書,書名也正是 "What’s Wrong with Eating People?" 。吃人肉有何不妥?這問題不好答。有一點卻很清楚,要是你捧出一碟香噴噴的柱侯枝竹炆人肉,並強調那全不

Linux's non-strict overcommit is the right default

I've written before about Linux's overcommit settings and the general background of virtual memorylimits . Several years of experience ofrunning various general use systems with strict overcommit and payingattention to the numbers have convinced me of something: non-strictovercommit is the right default on Linux , and probably on any modernUnix in general.

I have come to this view through experimental evidence, namely thatall of our user login machines generally run with significant amountsof committed address space, yet they have lots of free memory


是真身卻是假像

自從電郵的出現,我還以為「開會」是一個可以淘汰的工作了,原來不是。文字始終還是不能取代聲音,語法仍是不能代替情緒,而清楚的一段電郵,依然及不上見面一句「好的」。

有人說印刷是學術發展第一大發明,因為訊息

星戰1977/星戰1997

1992年至1993年, 『公信力第一報』逢星期日的兒童版, 曾有介紹玩具的專欄. 剪報保存至今, 現公諸同好. 繼聖誕老人玩具後, 這次介紹的是《Star Wars》星球大戰玩具.


如以上剪報所講, 當時亞視剛剛播映《The Return of Jedi武
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